Senate roll call 172 · 102nd Congress · Aug 1, 1991
To strike the deployment date in Section 211, the "Missile Defense Act of 1991".
On Aug 1, 1991, the Senate voted 64–34 on “On the Motion to Table” (S 1507). Result: Motion to Table Agreed to. By party: Democrats 25–30, Republicans 39–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 29 members voted against their own party.
During the 102nd Congress (1991–1992), George H. W. Bush was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Result
- Motion to Table Agreed to
- Yes
- 64
- No
- 34
- Did not vote
- 4
- Date
- Aug 1, 1991
By party
- Republicans39 yes · 4 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Democrats25 yes · 30 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL voted yes
- Richard C. Shelby D-AL voted yes
- Timothy E. Wirth D-CO voted yes
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT voted yes
- Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT voted yes
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted yes
- Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA voted yes
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI voted yes
- Alan John Dixon D-IL voted yes
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS voted no
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY voted yes
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA voted yes
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT voted yes
- Kent Conrad D-ND voted yes
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND voted yes
- J. James Exon D-NE voted yes
- J. Robert Kerrey D-NE voted yes
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM voted yes
- Harry Reid D-NV voted yes
- Richard H Bryan D-NV voted yes
- David Lyle Boren D-OK voted yes
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted no
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI voted no
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted yes
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX voted yes
- Charles Spittal Robb D-VA voted yes
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT voted no
- Herbert H. Kohl D-WI voted yes
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Richard C. Shelby D-AL
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
- John Seymour R-CA
- George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO
- Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Connie Mack III R-FL
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- Alan John Dixon D-IL
- Daniel Ray Coats R-IN
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- Chester Trent Lott R-MS
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- Conrad Burns R-MT
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Kent Conrad D-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- J. James Exon D-NE
- J. Robert Kerrey D-NE
- Robert C. Smith R-NH
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Harry Reid D-NV
- Richard H Bryan D-NV
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- Charles Spittal Robb D-VA
- John William Warner R-VA
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
- Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- George John Mitchell D-ME
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- Paul David Wellstone D-MN
- (James) Terry Sanford D-NC
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Harris Wofford D-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Brockman (Brock) Adams D-WA
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
Did not vote
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Jocelyn Birch Burdick D-ND
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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